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It'll Be a Memory

Chapter 2: Into the Groove

"Wait, you don't understand. If you don't play there's no music. If there's no music they don't dance. If they don't dance they don't kiss and fall in love and I'm history." -Marty McFly, Back to the Future (1985)

Setting four mugs of steaming hot chocolate down on the kitchen table, Lucy joined her family, smiling widely as she looked around the table. Her husband chugged down the liquid, not at all bothered by it searing his throat as it went down. Lucy sweat dropped. No, it probably hadn't been hot enough for him. You'd think after almost 29 years of knowing this man she'd be used to his antics…

Nashi was grinning from ear to ear as she grabbed a blueberry muffin- that her mother had baked- from a basket on the middle of the table. Her younger brother, Luke, took it from her before she could take a bite from it, sticking his tongue out at her. She glared at him. "Hey!"

Luke grinned when she tried taking her muffin from him and Lucy sighed loudly as she watched them. "Luke! Do not bug your sister! You can get your own muffin! I've made plenty, you immature children!" She glared at the two of them and they stopped fighting, mumbling their apologies.

The dark blonde haired boy sighed loudly, slumping on his chair. "Why do I have to be here? Nashi's the one that asked for some 'story time' with 'mommy' and 'daddy,' not me!"

He glared at his older sister and she crossed her arms over the table and returned the glare. "Oh, shut up! It's for school!"

Hands rolling up into fists, Lucy was about to chastise her children when Natsu cleared his throat, "Your mother seems pretty happy about telling you two about this, so just deal with it, Luke."

Lucy's cheeks flushed a little as she turned to her husband, who sent her a small grin. Her heart quickened. Oh God, so many years of being with him, and that grin of his was still one of her biggest weaknesses.

Nodding, Lucy said, "So, Nashi, where would you want me to start?"

Scratching the back of her neck, Nashi smiled bashfully, "Well, I don't know… From the beginning?"

Luke snorted. "Well, no duh!"

"Luke!" Lucy glared and he sat straight in his seat and half-heartedly apologized to Nashi.

Huffing, Nashi mumbled, "I want to know everything. I want to know how papa and mama fell in love."

Smiling brightly at her daughter, Lucy nodded enthusiastically. "Alright! It's gonna be a long story, though. Is that okay?"

Nash's eyes twinkled as she caught her mother's. "Yes! The longer the better! We have all night, after all." She winked and Natsu and Luke groaned.

Lucy giggled. Twirling a strand of her long, blonde hair as she recalled, "Well, your father knew who I was before I even knew he existed." She grinned. "I mean, he had been kind of stalking me."

"I had not!" Natsu tried to deny and Lucy raised an eyebrow in challenge. "Alright, then why don't you begin telling us how you met me, maybe the kids will then decide whether or not you'd been stalking me."

Natsu crossed his arms over his chest and nodded. "Okay! Sorry Luce, but I'm gonna have to prove you wrong for once."

Lucy snorted, "I'd like to see that happen."

Grinning widely, Natsu exclaimed, "I'm all fired up now!"

Giggling, Lucy covered her silly grin with her hands. Well, there was that phrase of his again.

Nashi and Luke groaned collectively. "Dad!" They cried, making faces at their dad's corny phrase.

Ignoring them, Natsu began the story, "Well, I met your mother one fateful afternoon, it was kind of sunny outside… or maybe it had been kinda cloudy. I'm not too sure..."

Luke sighed loudly, "Oh, just get to the point, pops! I really don't want to be here all night!"

Natsu glared at his son. "Oh shut it bratty kid!" Clearing his throat, he continued, "It was after school, I had gone with droopy eyes to pick up Erza from school and meet up with Loke, and that's when I saw your mother…"

October 22, 1985

"They're taking forever!" Natsu whinned, leaning over his car as he and his best friend- though he'd never admit to anyone that he even considered the ice freak a friend, let alone a best friend- Gray waited for their childhood friend Erza and another friend of Gray's.

"Shut it, pointy eyes. Could you not be annoying for just a minute?" Gray muttered, making his pink haired friend glare at him. "It's Erza we're waiting for, pinky. Don't want to make her mad, or do you?" He challenged and Natsu sighed loudly.

"Nah. I'll wait." He shivered just thinking what the red headed monster was capable of. "Don't wanna get on her bad side today."

Gray chuckled and nodded, taking a long drag from his cigarette. Natsu scrunched his nose at the smell, waving the smoke away with his hands. This addiction of Gray's was a pain, really. How he liked that thing, Natsu would never know.

Crossing his arms over his broad chest, Natsu muttered, "Why does Erza even come to this preppy school?"

Shrugging, Gray blew out a puff of smoke. "Her parents thought it'd be better if she went to a private school. A lot more prestigious… I don't know. Erza apparently loves it here. She says it's way nicer than public schools."

Rolling his eyes, Natsu shook his head. "I doubt it." The bell finally rang then, a couple of guys finally opening the gates to let the students out. Watching the uniformed students walk passed the gates, Natsu almost snorted. "They get out way after we do and they have to wear these ridiculous uniforms. How's it better?"

Gray smirked as he checked out some girl and then turned back around to shrug at Natsu. "There not that bad." His eyes fell on another girl and she blushed, giggling with her friends as Gray's gaze followed her out the gate.

Natsu gagged at him. "Dude, stop hanging out with Loke! You're becoming a big flirt!"

Glaring, Gray slung a fist to Natsu's face but the latter avoided it with ease.

Flipping him off, Gray growled, "Get bent!"

Chuckling to himself, Natsu lazily scanned his eyes through the crowd of students walking passed the gates. Nope, no red headed monster anywhere to be seen.

Sighing, he rubbed the back of his neck, all too ready to just get out of here, when his eyes caught something- or more precisely- someone.

She was smiling, giggling as she walked beside two blue haired girls. Her smile was bright, and he could hear her giggles from where he had been standing. She was twirling her fingers through her blonde hair, which was tied up in a side ponytail.

Natsu's eyes widened as he watched her. He didn't know how or why, but he was suddenly very attracted to this girl. It probably had been her smile. It was just… beautiful. Breathtaking. He wanted to groan. What was he thinking?!

He saw a flash of scarlet then, but ignored it. He then saw a flirty, four eyed guy approach the blonde, and Natsu's eyes furrowed. Loke? Natsu blinked as the flirt talked to the blonde, who rolled her eyes at him and shook her head, making his friend's shoulders slump in what Natsu could only guess was disappointment.

That's when he saw Erza wave goodbye to the blonde, who cheerfully waved back. And then she continued on with her two friends to the other side of school, holding a couple of books close to her chest.

His eyes followed her, cheeks blazing as he blinked his eyes a couple of times, realizing what he'd been doing and thinking. He hated the uniform Erza and Loke had to wear, but on the blonde girl, he didn't hate it all. She just looked… perfect.

Someone then cleared their throat, taking Natsu out of his reverie, as he blinked up at Erza. Her brows were furrowed as she stared at him. "Are you alright, Natsu?"

He flushed in embarrassment and nodded. "Yeah," he stopped to clear his throat and as nonchalantly as he could, rubbed his neck and shrugged, "Why wouldn't I be?"

Gray and Loke exchanged a look, and Natsu raised an eyebrow. When had Erza and Loke gotten here?

Loke smirked, "Who were you staring at?" Natsu's eyes widened and Loke's smirk widened. "Aha! I told you two he'd been staring at a girl!"

Erza rolled her eyes and Gray raised an eyebrow. "I doubt that." He grinned widely. "All this tabasco freak ever thinks about is food."

Hands curling by his sides, Natsu muttered, "Eat my shorts, ice tard!"

"No fighting!" Erza glared at her two childhood friends and they gulped, nodding as they exclaimed, "We're not! We're the best of friends!"

Nodding in approval, Erza's sharp eyes then caught Natsu's. "So, who- or what- were you staring at?" Her eyes gleamed with curiosity and Natsu groaned. No way in hell was he telling her. But… if he did, would she maybe introduce him to her?

Weighing his options for a few seconds, he then sighed and said, "Nothing."

Loke pushed his sunglasses back a little. "Right."

Natsu nodded, cursing them all under his breath as he got into his car and yelled out, "Get in! I'm leaving now! With or without you three!"

Hands squeezing hard on his steering wheel, Natsu let out a breath he'd apparently been holding. And then- as he glanced through his rear view mirror- just as he'd been driving down the street, he saw her walking out of the gate. And he wanted to see her again. Because that smile of hers was pretty addicting. And it made funny things to his stomach.

So the next day, when he again came to pick up Erza and Loke- this time without the droopy eyes- his two friends were a little shocked but shrugged it off. He had seen her that day, for only a few minutes, she had been laughing at something her friends were saying and then she had called out to Erza, wishing her a nice evening. He couldn't stop staring at her, she was just the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on.

Blushing madly, he started the car and drove off as soon as Loke closed the door. "Wow, dude, chill out!" He called as he grabbed onto the back of Erza's seat. Natsu only ignored him.

The day after that, when he again waited for them outside, Erza again just shrugged it off, complimenting him for being a great friend, while Loke eyed him for a whole minute. "You're being too nice… What bit you?"

Natsu growled and shoved his laughing friend away.

The next time, however, Erza had furrowed her eyebrows and crossed her arms. "What brought this out, Natsu? You've never enjoyed picking us up, from this area in particular, so why are you now?"

Shrugging, Natsu muttered, "I just felt like picking you up. I mean, you're always asking anyways." Erza raised an eyebrow, not buying his lie. Natsu cleared his throat. "And, I mean, why not? I've got nothing better to do, anyways."

Loke smirked. "You're so bad at lying, Natsu!" He laughed and Erza frowned. "Who's the girl?!"

Erza's eyes brightened at that. "A girl? What girl? Natsu, you know you can trust me with anything."

Natsu took a step back from the scarlet haired girl and shook his head. "There's no girl! I'm just being a good friend! I'd never fall for some preppy girl… So, there's not a girl."

Loke snorted. "Yeah, and Erza doesn't have a crush on Mr. student body president and I'm not this school's heartthrob."

Erza's cheeks turned 50 shades of red as she stuttered, "W-what?! I do not have a c-crush on J-Jella!"

Rolling his eyes, Loke waved her words away and leaned towards Natsu. "So… Do I know her?"

Natsu's eyes then caught her, the blonde girl he had been looking forward to see again. She was excitedly talking to her friends, skipping up to the gate as she moved her hands excitedly in front of herself as she talked.

Getting into his car as quickly as he could, Natsu yelled. "I gotta motor! Get in or catch a ride with someone else!"

Erza and Loke had dropped it after that. That was, until Monday came around, and Natsu was there again, leaning against his car as his black eyes searched for the blonde beauty.

She was walking with Erza and Loke towards the gate, grinning widely as Loke told her something. She then whispered something to Erza, making her blush madly and shake her head profusely. The blonde broke into a fit of giggles, her hands covering the silly grin that took form on her pink and very plump lips.

Swallowing, Natsu looked down, just as she had walked passed him. His eyes widened when she called, "I'll see you tomorrow Erza, Loke! And don't forget, Erza, boys love a forward girl." She laughed when Erza's eyes widened and she began to stutter her protests but the blonde only rolled her eyes and skipped off toward a car that was already waiting for her.

Natsu glanced her way, watching an older blonde greet her, the two of them smiling as they got into the car. He was almost sure they were mother and daughter, though they almost looked like twins!

Her soft voice had been impregnated into his mind, it had been so sweet, so pretty, better than he had imagined it. He wanted to slam his head on the steering wheel. He had been so caught up in his thoughts, that he had completely ignored Erza and Loke's questioning glances and words.

But he couldn't ignore them by the end of the week. When Friday came around, and he and Gray came to pick up their two friends, Erza had glared at him as soon as she approached them. "Tell me the truth, Natsu. Why are you suddenly giving us a ride everyday?"

Exchanging a nervous look with Gray, his friend only shrugged. "I could tell her for you, if you want?" He smirked and Natsu glared at him. That traitor! (Yeah, the ice tard had known from day one that he had a crush on blondie).

"Tell me what?" Erza questioned, hard eyes never leaving Natsu's. She tapped her foot on the pavement, "I'm waiting, Natsu."

Slumping his shoulders in defeat. Natsu muttered, "I like a girl that goes to your school, happy?"

Erza grinned in victory. "Very." Rolling his eyes, Natsu started to make his way towards his car when he felt a strong hand hold onto his arm. Erza's eyes were shining with curiosity and Natsu gulped audibly. "So, who is she?"

"Some girl… you don't know her." He lied and Gray snorted. Natsu's hands balled into fists but before he could deliver the punch that bastard was looking for, Loke yelled, "Yello!" He was waving as he walked up to them and then he raised an eyebrow, "What are you three on to now?"

Gray shrugged. "Erza wants to know who pinky here has fallen for." A vein popped out in Natsu's forehead and he flung his fist at his grinning friend's shoulder. "Dude, shut it!"

Loke smirked. "Watcha wiggin' out about, Natsu?" He laughed. "Is she that out of your league?"

Natsu grumbled a few incoherent words before Erza sighed. "I always thought you and Lisanna would end up together." She tapped her chin. "I mean, Mira was already planning your wedding, ever since we were kids, actually."

Furrowing his eyebrows, Natsu shook his head. "Lisanna's my best friend, that's it. We're not… like that." She was like a little sister to him. They'd grown up together, after all.

Erza sighed and then shrugged. "You're gonna crush Mira's hopes and dreams." She shook her head and Natsu rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

Loke raised an eyebrow. "What about that girl you were seeing? The one you went out with for like two dates a month ago? You never told us what happened with her." He suddenly remembered and Natsu's eyes widened. Gray frowned and looked down at the floor.

Shrugging, Natsu mumbled, "She thought Gray was better looking, so I stopped seeing her." Gray's frown deepened at his words, but he didn't say anything. "I'm not gonna date some girl that thinks the ice tard is better than me."

Erza's mouth thinned and she grabbed tightly onto the strap of her bag, not knowing what to say.

Loke furrowed his eyebrows. "Well, she wasn't lying." He burst out laughing when Natsu's hands balled up by his sides and was only saved from his fists when Erza yelled, "No fighting, Natsu!"

With a highly amused smirk tugging at the corners of his lips, Loke question. "Alright, so who's this girl you're into?"

Scratching the back of his head, Natsu mumbled, "It's that one blonde girl you two always talk to after school."

Loke furrowed his eyebrows at him and exchanged a look with Erza, who was still frowning.

Natsu then cleared his throat, "I want to ask…" Shoving his hands into his pockets as he let out a shaky breath, he continued, "I want you two… to like… introduce us…"

His cheeks were suddenly very warm, and they only got worse when no one around him said anything.

Loke cleared his throat then, finally breaking the silence. "No can do."

Natsu's eyes widened at his words and then he yelled, "And why not?!"

Sighing, Loke shrugged. "Well, you know, Lucy's a good girl." Natsu's eyes widened. Her name was Lucy… "Like, a really good girl. Almost perfect." Natsu raised an eyebrow as Loke continued, "Get to the point, Loke!"

Loke frowned. "She's too good for you, Natsu. You spell trouble. Getting into pointless and unnecessary fights every chance you get. She's not the type of girl that should be caught up in your messy fights. You two are just too different…"

Natsu's fists trembled and he was about to take out his frustration on the flirt when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked back, eyes locking on Erza's. "Lucy is not your type, Natsu. Trust us."

Glaring at her, Natsu shrugged her away, stalking towards his car and slamming his door shut. His hand balled over his legs and he hit the steering wheel. Those guys always thought the worst of him…

Gray then opened the passenger door, joining his friend in the car. "Don't listen to them, dude. They just… She's their friend, too. They're just looking out for her. I mean, give them some credit, we do get ourselves into a lot of shit." He grinned and Natsu chuckled.

"Yeah."

"Anyways, when have you been so caught on a girl? I thought all you needed was food and baseball, anything else was just extra or unnecessary." Gray cackled a crooked smirk and Natsu rolled his eyes.

"It's still like that, ice tard." He muttered and Gray clapped his back. "There's the tabasco freak I know and hate!" Gray bursted out laughing when Natsu flipped him off, laughing along with him.

They later met at the Strauss's house, where Mira was moving around it in a hurry, preparing for a party she was having on Saturday.

Lisanna sighed as she watched Mira. "It's her last year of high school, so she wants it to be great." She rolled her eyes. "She's trying to make our backyard into some kind of nightclub."

Natsu chuckled as he watched Erza try to help the white haired girl, who was freaking out about not having everything ready for tomorrow. Gray and Loke were carrying some speakers and lights out from the basement, while he and Lisanna were cleaning the front of the house.

Clearing her throat then, Lisanna mumbled, "Are you coming tomorrow, Natsu?"

Shrugging, Natsu answered. "Don't know. I had been planning to go out with a couple of friends to-"

"Why don't you come with me to the party?! We could… you know… spend some time together… I uh… don't know a lot of Mira's friends and it's going to be kinda lonely…" Her cheeks were a deep red and Natsu chuckled.

He ruffled her short hair, making her huff. "Natsu!" She whined as she tried to comb it back in place with her fingers.

"I'll come." He answered, grinning widely down at his best friend.

Her blue eyes widened and she giggled. "Great! It's going to be so much fun, I promise!"

Natsu shrugged, "Yeah." Well, at least he had hoped so. Maybe he could meet some other girl that could finally get that blonde girl out of his head.

Present Time

"You kinda were stalking her, but at the same time not really…" Nashi mumbled as she scratched the back of her head.

Natsu smirked at his wife. "Aha! I win!"

Lucy narrowed her eyes. "No, she said you were kinda stalking me."

"You were so uncool, pops!" Luke smirked, trying really hard not to burst out in laughter.

"Shut up!" Natsu glared at his son, which only made his smirk widen.

"So…" Nashi began, eyes bright with curiosity. She then grinned teasingly at her father. "You were going to go out with professor Strauss?"

Natsu furrowed his eyebrows. "Not really. We were just friends."

Lucy snorted. "No, sweetie, it was definitely a date." She then crossed her arms over her chest. "I mean, we all knew she had a huge crush on you. Don't tell me you were that dense?"

Natsu huffed. "Well, it just never crossed my mine. We've known each other forever! How was I supposed to know she liked me like that?!"

Rolling her eyes, Nashi mumbled, "Boys. Clueless as ever." She then scooted closer to the table, intrigued to find out exactly how the two had met. "Mama, so how did you meet papa?"

Lucy giggled, her brown eyes gleaming in excitement as she said, "It was actually at that party your father was going with Lisanna. Levy's boyfriend- and now husband- Gajeel, had asked us to come along…"

November 2, 1985

"Come on Lu! My parents won't let me go unless you come!" Levy begged her best friend as the two talked on the phone. Lucy grumbled, playing with the cord of her phone as she stared up at her bedroom's ceiling.

Biting her lower lip, Lucy mumbled, "My parents will probably not let me go, though…"

"If you tell them I'm going they will! Just don't tell them Gajeel's coming along… You know how they feel about him." Lucy cringed at that. Yep, her parents had been quite shocked when Gajeel showed up at her house once to pick up Levy. Definitely not the type of boy a lady of their 'caliber' should be dating. Lucy rolled her eyes.

"I mean, I don't blame them, my parents still haven't accepted him either." Levy continued on the other line.

Sighing, Lucy relented as she said, "Let me ask papa, but I'm sure he'll want to drive us there. Will that be okay?"

The line stayed quiet for a phew second before Levy answered, "Yeah! I'm sure that's fine! I'll just have Gajeel wait for us by the entrance!"

Ending their phone call, Lucy dropped down on her bed and sighed. She was a little excited about tonight, but also a little scared. She wasn't one that went out much, after all. She had gone out occasionally with her friends to nightclubs- thanks to her friend Cana Alberona that had gotten her a fake I.D. Her best friend- Levy McGarden- had actually met her boyfriend, Gajeel, at one of the many clubs Cana had dragged them out to.

Rolling to the side, Lucy stared at her closet, excitement rising in the pit of her stomach as she jumped out of bed and picked out an outfit. Though she had gone out a few times to nightclubs, she had never said yes to boys that asked her to dance. Not that today would be any different. After all, she'd always been too shy and too nervous to say yes.

Going through her closet, she grinned. Maybe tonight… maybe tonight was going to be fun.

Later that night, Levy showed up, and to Lucy's surprise, she hadn't come alone. Lucy narrowed her eyes. "Cana is coming along as well?! Why couldn't you just go with her?"

Her brown haired friend rolled her eyes and grinned, "Levy's parents' don't really trust me, remember? They think I'm a bad influence." Lucy raised an eyebrow and Cana winked. "Maybe just a little."

Levy smiled apologetically. "Yeah, they specifically said I could only go if you also went, Lu."

Sighing, Lucy nodded. Yeah, she was the 'responsible' one of the group after all. "Juvia's not coming?" She asked as the three of them got ready in her bedroom.

Cana shook her head. "She said she had a project due on Monday and would be busy working on it all night."

"Poor Juvia." Levy frowned as she finished up her makeup and then headed towards Lucy, who was struggling to get herself ready. "Need some help?" She smirked and Lucy huffed.

"You know I'm not good at this."

By the end of the night- thanks to the help of her two friends- Lucy ended up looking presentable.

She smiled brightly as she stared at her reflection in her long mirror.

Her shoulder length, blonde hair was crunched in waves with a thick piece of fabric tied into a loose bow on top. Cana had picked out a miniskirt and an off-the-shoulder slouchy top for herself, and then took it to herself to get Lucy's outfit ready.

She picked out a white tulle bustier top, which Lucy paired with a short, black puffy skirt. Grabbing a pair of low black heels, Lucy watched as Levy finished herself up. Her short friend had chosen to wear leggings and and a loose shirt, her short, blue hair tied back with a hairband.

"You should wear these." Cana winked at Lucy as she handed her a pair of fingerless lace gloves and Lucy smiled, thanking her.

All three of them pulled on a bunch of bracelets on their wrists, wearing large earrings as well.

Just before they exited her bedroom, Lucy grabbed a black cropped frill bolero, putting it on as she rushed down the stairs, where her father and mother were waiting for them.

"Awe! You girls look beautiful!" Layla Heartfilia gushed, taking her camera from the kitchen counter and yelling, "Say cheese!"

"Please take care of one another." Layla pleaded as she walked them to the door, watching as Levy and Cana went to sit in the back seats of her husband's car.

Smiling, Lucy hugged her mother. "Yes, mama. Don't worry."

Layla kissed her daughter's cheek. "I convinced your father to let you stay until midnight." She winked and Cana yelled out from the window, "Thank you! You're the best Mrs. Heartfilia!"

Giggling, Layla waved the compliment away. She smiled at her daughter then. "Have fun, alright?"

Nodding, Lucy got into the front seat of her father's car. The whole ride there, Cana had gotten Jude Heartfilia to turn on the radio, the three girls singing along to every song that came on.

When they finally arrived at the house the party was held at, Jude appraised the place before he allowed the girls to get out of the car. "Please be good." He told his daughter and she smiled, giving him a side hug before she got out of the car. "Don't worry, papa. We'll see you at midnight out here!" She told him before she closed the door and followed her two friends towards the front entrance of the house.

Inside it had seemed fairly calm, with only a small group of people in the living room and a couple more in the kitchen. Lucy looked around the small house, not recognizing one single person there. This party had been thrown by a girl from Gajeel's school, after all. So it was obvious why Lucy hadn't known anyone.

It was when they reached the backyard that Lucy's eyes widened in amazement. It had seemed and looked like an outdoor nightclub! The music blared hard and loud through the speakers. The backyard was pretty big and in the middle of it was where the 'dance floor' had been placed. Plenty of teenagers had already been dancing there, moving to the beats of the music. Lights had been hung over the dance floor and tables had been placed around it, with some people sitting on them as they drank or smoked.

"Hey shorty!" Gajeel approached them then, Levy rushing up to his side as she hugged onto his arm and tiptoed to kiss his cheek. Blushing madly, she whispered a soft, "Hi." Gajeel grinned down at her, kissing the top of her head.

Cana made a face as she watched them. "Ugh, you two! Gag me with a spoon!"

Giggling, Lucy rolled her eyes at her friend. "Cana!"

Shrugging, Cana looked around the crowd. "See any studs? I feel like dancing all night! Maybe I'll find myself some boy to take home tonight!" Lucy's eyes widened and Cana smirked. "Psych!" She laughed and then sighed. "Well, I may be serious."

Lucy shook her head at her friend and huffed, her eyes also searching the crowd of teenagers. She didn't know a single one of them.

And then, a boy that looked a year or two older then them, stopped in front of Cana and Lucy. His straight, black hair was slicked back and gathered on the back of his head. His red eyes caught Cana's brown eyes and he smirked. "Hey. Name's Bacchus. Wanna dance?"

"Cana." She introduce, smirking. "And, yes."

The two disappeared to the dance floor and Lucy's mouth fell open. Had she seriously just left her there?! All by herself?!

Lucy glanced at the couple beside her and bit her bottom lip. Levy and Gajeel obviously wanted to join Cana at the dance floor, but they couldn't leave Lucy all by herself. At least they were considerate of her, not like Cana. She huffed.

Eyes searching for any familiar faces, Lucy's eyes widened as soon as they landed on a boy wearing sun glasses. Loke! She sighed in relief. She just needed to go up to him and then Levy and Gajeel would be able to go dance. Though neither of them had said anything so far, Lucy still felt bad.

It'd be awkward to ask Loke to dance but they were friends, so it wouldn't be so bad, right? Gathering all the courage she could muster, Lucy had just been about to head over the other side of the backyard, where she could see Loke standing with some black haired boy she didn't know. But she didn't get to. A song had began to blast through the speakers then, the teenagers at the dance floor cheering in approval.

And you can dance

For inspiration

Come on

I'm waiting

Her eyes widened as soon as she noticed a pink haired boy approaching her. He was grinning widely down at her, and it had made her hands shake as her eyes locked on his dark ones. "Do you want to dance?" He asked.

She raised an eyebrow as she watched him, his eyes hopeful as they stared at her. Glancing in Loke's direction one last time and then at Levy and Gajeel- who were both staring back at her and the boy before her with wide eyes and raised eyebrows- Lucy smiled up at the pink haired boy. Pink hair, huh? Was it dyed? She wanted to giggle. Probably not.

"Yes." She answered and his grin widened, making her giggle as he took her hand in his and pulled her towards the dance floor.

Get into the groove

Boy you've got to prove

Your love to me, yeah

Get up on your feet, yeah

Step to the beat

Boy what will it be

Dancing to the rhythm and beats to the song, Lucy smiled widely as she watched the boy in front of her. He obviously knew what he was doing. A few people around them turned towards him and stared, watching his every move. He soon pulled her to the middle of the dance floor, and she blushed as a couple of people whistled at them.

"What's your name?" He yelled over the music.

Lucy raised an eyebrow, not sure whether or not to tell him. He was a stranger after all.

"Luna!" She lied. He furrowed his eyebrows and then chuckled, shaking his head. What was so funny? Sighing, she shrugged it off.

"I'm Natsu!" He introduced and she nodded. "Nice meeting you!"

Music can be such a revelation

Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation

We might be lovers if the rhythm's right

I hope this feeling never ends tonight

The crowd moved to the rhythm of the song in sync. Lucy grinned as she raised her hands over her head, body moving to the beat of the song.

Moving closer to Natsu as bodies pressed around them, Lucy's cheeks flushed as she breathed in his cologne. He smelled nice. Really nice.

Staring up at him, Lucy cheeks only flushed more, if possible. His eyes were locked on hers. They were dark and intense, and she was suddenly getting lost in them. She blinked and looked down, her heart beating fast.

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free

At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see

I'm tired of dancing here all by myself

Tonight I wanna dance with someone else

Hands shaking a little as he passed a hand over his hair, Natsu asked, "How old are you?"

Lucy raised an eyebrow. Biting the inside of her cheek, she answered honestly, "Sixteen! And you?"

He grinned. "Seventeen." He looked down for a few seconds before he asked, "Are you from around here?"

Hands curling on her skirt, Lucy shook her head, lying yet again, "No. I'm from out of town."

He grinned down at the floor and nodded, twirling her then and making her squeak in surprise. He laughed as she pouted, and then continued to dance.

They finished that song and the next one and the one after that, and they were still dancing together. At first, Lucy had been looking around her, wanting to find Cana or Levy and go dance with them, but she never did. But after the second song, she stopped looking. She was having fun with Natsu. She laughed as they danced, blushing every time he grinned down at her.

And before she knew it, it was midnight.

"I've gotta go!" She yelled over the music and Natsu frowned. She looked around the dance floor, trying to find her friends.

She was already turning around to leave when she felt a hand on her wrist. She looked back and caught Natsu's dark eyes. "I'll walk you out!"

Lucy smiled and thanked him. He helped her look for her friends in the clustered of dancing teenagers.

When they finally found them, they were locking lips with their boys as they said their goodbyes. Lucy sighed loudly and rolled her eyes.

Glancing at Natsu, she smiled, "Thank you."

Grinning a lopsided grin, he shrugged, "Yeah, it was no problem." Nervously scratching the back of his neck then, he asked, "Do you, uh, have a phone?"

Not knowing whether or not giving a complete stranger her house phone number was a good idea, Lucy only shook her head.

Natsu frowned and Lucy suddenly felt very guilty for lying to him so much. "I need to go…" She whispered.

Before she turned around and left, she felt Natsu hold onto her hand. She raised an eyebrow and then, she saw him lean in to kiss her. Her eyes widened as soon as she realized that he was indeed planning to kiss her. Face flushing 50 different shades of red, she quickly turned her face, barely avoiding his lips on hers.

"Goodbye!" She called, face steaming red as she pulled her two complaining friends out of the house.

Flushing in embarrassment, Natsu passed a hand through his hair and ignored the laughs of those around him that had just witnessed that. He chuckled as he watched the embarrassed blonde rush off. So there were still girls like that, huh? He suddenly liked her a lot more.

"Hey! Piercing freak!" He called to the grumbling teenager whose girlfriend had just been pulled away from him.

Gajeel glared at him. "What do you want, Salamander?!" He gritted. "I really don't feel like dealing with your idiocy today."

Rolling his eyes, Natsu muttered, "I need a favor."

"Huh?!"

"He tried to kiss you?!" Levy yelled and Lucy had to pull her phone away from her ear.

"Yeah." She mumbled, falling back into her pillows. Her cheeks were glowing red just from remembering yesterday's party. "It was so embarrassing!"

"I can't believe you rejected him! That's so harsh Lu!" She sighed, and Lucy could picture her shaking her head. "I feel bad for him."

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Hey! Feel bad for me instead! I barely knew the guy and he tried to kiss me! What's wrong with him!"

Levy bursted out laughing. "Oh, Lu! You're so innocent and cute!"

"Lucy!" Standing up in bed, Lucy raised an eyebrow as she heard her mother ran down the hallway and towards her bedroom. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were wide. "A boy is at the door asking for you. He said he's a friend of yours."

Furrowing her eyebrows, Lucy sighed. "I've gotta go, Levy. Apparently, Loke came over to visit me. I'll call you later."

"Alright, Lu! And don't forget to continue filling me in on that boy of yours from last night!" She was laughing when Lucy hung up on her, rolling her eyes as she walked up to her front door. Her mother had been standing close behind, very interested to know how 'friendly' her daughter was to the boy outside.

As soon as Lucy opened the door, her eyes widened. It definitely wasn't Loke.

"Hello!" A grinning Natsu greeted and Lucy's jaw fell open. "It's nice to see you again, Lucy."

"W-what? B-but… H-how?!" She stuttered, eyes wide as they caught his. His grin widened.

"Let's just say, last night wasn't the first time I'd seen you."

And this was how their story began.

Present Time

"Wow, pops. Are you sure you weren't stalking her?" Luke laughed as Natsu chastised him, repeating that he had not stalked his mother.

Lucy giggled as she watched her husband and son.

Cupping her flushed cheeks in her hands, Nashi smiled warmly as she watched her family. Her mother then noticed the time, and sent them to bed, Luke cheering as he stood up from his seat and bolted up to his room.

Curling down on her bed, Nashi turned off her lamp and closed her eyes, falling asleep with a small smile on her lips. That night she dreamed of a certain black haired boy with deep blue eyes, who would ask her to dance to Madonna's Into the Groove.

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Song: Into the Groove by Madonna

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